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Step into a world ruled by Time, where Time’s travelers; Reweavers, are selected to do Time’s bidding.
Meet Kendall Spaulding - daughter, sister, friend, dancer and her counterpart Gordon August - attorney-at-law, lost soul. Each has spent their lives in search of the other, neither knowing their destiny is literally to collide in Time. Encountering each other as familiar strangers; and unbeknownst to anyone, their lives are already intertwined by a network of events inscribed into The Book of Life at the beginning of Time, each and all unstoppable; unchangeable. Their futures and very survival are dependant on the “outcome” of those events and the success of the Reweavers whose hope is to prove the existence of Overlap. Alone, Kendall and Gordon are each lost. Only together can they tell the story Time intended for them from the beginning … a story of love and tragedy; deceit; hate and a jealousy so vile it leads to
murder. Though some will die, can Kendall and Gordon make their peace with the idea that, that which is meant to be for them truly must be?
It is said that love conquers all. What of all things trumps Time? Only Overlap.
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What motivates an author to solve mysteries that others want to forget?
The Story Behind the Story!
I was a kid during the Vietman conflict and an only slightly bigger kid by
the time it was over. Though film footage was spoon fed to us nightly, that
footage never told us much of anything, certainly not what was really
happening or how our boys were really dying. And I wanted to know. I'm also a
warehouse of useless information, Feldman admits. It's mostly good for game shows
like "Jeopardy" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and especially useful
when writing novels. It's great to incorporate trivia and little remembered factoids
that make people remark: "Oh yeah, I remember that, now that you mention it."
The war in southeast Asia, Vietnam, always seemed to be a conspiracy of
silence. Turns out, there was no conspiracy, but there was a story. All
that silence (at least from the perspective of the soldiers) was the only thing
that saved sanity and allowed the men to lead fairly normal lives. To
talk about it was to relive it. And, frankly, living thru it once was plenty. In
fact, it was more than plenty.
On a night in 1978, I heard a story so outrageous I didn't want to
believe, but the source was reliable - prone neither to exageration nor
embellishment. The story took about 90 seconds to tell, and at the end of those
90 seconds, I was changed. Seeing the face and eyes of my storyteller, as he
answered a young girl's question - Why will no one talk about Vietnam?; shouted
that this was a story that should be public, known by all. I waited, thinking
someone else might tell it, explain the unexplainable, but no one ever did.
Decades later, I became friends with a man who returned from Vietnam with The Bronze Star,
uninjured, but not unharmed. As we became better friends, still,
I never forgot the story I heard in 1978 - a covert-op that never can be explained;
Top Secret; no records. The new stories between my new friend and me were as all stories
between friends; sacred - not for broadcast. While I listened to his stories, though,
I knew that others (besides myself) really were interested. They just had no one to ask.
I did. My friend and I talked about blending his story with the 1978 story
and when I told him the details, he agreed - go public. I was fortunate enough
to find other veterans from Vietnam willing to talk, but only to me. Their names
will never be public, they go to my grave. It's what they wanted. It was the price of
the their stories.
Five big men, a wild bunch of supporting characters, an amazing true story,
a crazy imagination, a love of the mystery, and 2 1/2 years later
An Ordinary Hero was born. Something to consider when reading -
every hero wears a uniform, just not always the one you'd expect.
Also, there really is no such thing as coincidence.
About the author
Asked why she writes, Debra Feldman has a clear response. The stories of our lives
tell others who we are, where we've been, the kind of people we are now.
The ablity to see a funny moment, even in the most dire of times is a clue ... you
will come out at the other end of your own life, stronger, smarter, braver.
And every life is a story if you only look at it from the proper angle.
Over the course of her life, Debra Feldman has had her finger in an
assortment of "artistic pies", and with each pie came another story to tell.
As a multidisciplinary, as well as interdisciplinary, artist, she dove into writing,
as she has every other art form - feet first and fully commited, creating a world,
ruled by Time, where past, present and future exist simultaneously. She is
currently at work on the next novel in the Overlap series.
Reviews of The Overlap Series
Vietnam Veterans of America
See what the VVA has to say about An Ordinary Hero.
Katie Thompson (Norwich, CT)
Be sharp when you read this one. Everything is connected in some way and
history is not static. What does baking pies in modern day New Hampshire have to
do with kids skipping stones in the 1938 and the Vietnam War? All I have to
say is, be nice to your kids because you may need them to go back in time and
drag you out of a Southeast Asian jungle.
See Katie's review on Amazon.com.
Scheduled appearances by Debra Feldman
July 29, 12:00 MidNight - WBZ, 1030 AM - The Jordan Rich Show.
July 30, 12:00 Noon-7:00 PM - Kate's Mystery Books, Cambridge MA - 2211 Mass Ave.; 617-491-2660.
July 31, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM - StarBucks, Burlington MA - 84 Mall Rd.; 781-273-6544.
August 6, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM - StarBucks, Peabody MA - 240 Andover St. (Rt. 114); 978-531-8224.
August 7, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM - StarBucks, Beverly MA - 23 Enon St. (Rt 1A North); 978-922-0885.
October 5, 7:00 AM-1:00 PM - StarBucks, Burlington MA - 47 Middlesex Turnpike; 781-221-0070.
October 6, 9:00 AM-2:00 PM - StarBucks, Burlington MA - 47 Middlesex Turnpike; 781-221-0070.
Some time in the distant future - A cheap all-you-can-eat buffet, in a galaxy far, far away.
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